Intelligent MCQ Guessing (Courtesy of the University of Delaware)

* Alternatives with absolute or universal qualifiers are usually wrong (“all”, “every”, “never”, “in no case”, “in every case”, etc.)

* Alternatives that seem impossible or that seem completely unrelated to the question are usually wrong (watch out for alternatives that are true, but have nothing to do with the question).

* If two or more alternatives say the same thing, each is probably wrong (you can have two that are wrong, but not two that are right on m/c tests).

* The answer to one question is sometimes given away in another question (tests contain a lot of information - use it).

* When 3 or more alternatives deal in different ways with one concept, one of them is usually right. The instructor usually doesn't waste 3 alternatives on single incorrect concept. In this case, he or she most likely wants to have you discriminate knowledge.

* If two answers contain a similar sounding word, such as "subordination" and "subrogation," choose one of these.

* If two answers are almost identical except for a few words, choose one of these.

* If two answers seem extreme, they should be eliminated, and a guess made as to the remaining answers. As an example, if the answer is to be a number, and 3, 57, 89, 1103 are the choices given, you should eliminate the 3 and 1103, and take a guess at one of the remaining choices.

* If you are unable to eliminate any answer on a 4 answer question, choose the third. Experience has shown that it has a better than 25% chance of being the correct answer.

* Don't try to apply definitions from outside the course. Answer the questions found on your lecture and class reading; not based on educational knowledge that you have.

* When all else fails:
1. choose the alternative that makes the best sentence, when added to the open-ended question.
2. look for subject-verb agreement.
3. know the instructor's quirks of language.
4. choose the longer answer. The instructor may have used more words to make the answer precise; thus the most correct.

* None of these rules works all the time, so use them only if you must.

Singapore Back in the Old Days

Here are some videos I'd promised all of you... Let's keep our fingers crossed that our projector will 'recover' soon enough for lessons!





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GEMS Fair: Artistic Talents Needed

Dear all,

I hope that you have had a restful holidays. Have you finished your homework? I sure hope so. Be sure to bring it along on the first day of school so that we can go through them promptly ok?

Now that the big day for the GEMS Fair is drawing near, I'd like the artistic / IT-saavy ones among you to design catchy and attention-grabbing posters to inform the school about GEMS.

Basically, the details needed are:

GEMS (Getting Engaged in Maths & Science)
Day/Date: Monday, 13 July 2009
Venue: Hall

You may add in any taglines / catchy slogans and of course, graphics! You may print your posters in school. At least A4-sized (preferably drawing block size). Don't forget to put your name and class at the bottom right of the poster to acknowledge your effort!

Thanks in advance for your help!

Travel Declaration Form

Hi all,
Kindly fill this form up (right click to download) and return it to me on the first day of school.

Workshop on Anger Management

Group Discussion of Maths Problems & Gallery Walk

SASMO - Brainiacs at Work!

Wonderful spirit of perseverance everyone! Let's hope for the best as we wait in eager anticipation for the results to be released!